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1. Unfit dwelling-houses.
Inspection—(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected
for housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 3,668
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and
recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910, or the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 20
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 0
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred
to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to
be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation
1,013
2. Remedy of defects without Service of formal Notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence
of informal action by the Local Authority
or their Officers 72
3. Action under Statutory Powers.
A.—Proceedings under Section 28 of the Housing, Town
Planning, &c., Act, 1919.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring repairs 0
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered
fit after service of formal notices:—
(a) By owners 0
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners 0
(3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
Closing Orders became operative in pursuance
of declarations by owners of intention to
close 0
B.— Proceedings under Public Health Acts.
(1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which
notices were served requiring defects to be
remedied 963
(2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were
remedied after sendee of formal notices:—
(a) By owners .9.16
{b) By Local Authority in default of owners 0